Nanaimo sits at City Score rank #289 with a standing of 43%, from 6 of 8 open-data pillars (tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, growth, safety). Missing pillars score at median standing so thin coverage cannot inflate the rank. Dropping 37 places versus 2022 (#252 → #289).
Latest owned placements: indoor radon rank #302 of 327 at 44 Bq/m³ survey mean. Full tables and method notes live on each study edition; atlas readings for the same slug open from the topic buttons.
On the latest OpenStats pass, Nanaimo carries a City Score standing of 43% (rank #289 of 343) with 6 of 8 pillars observed. That sits 5 points below the British Columbia peer average across 58 ranked cities. Within British Columbia, Nanaimo ranks #42 of 58 on City Score.
The strongest signal in the current chart is indoor radon (standing 92%, rank #302 of 327, raw score 44.3). The weakest observed pillar is seismic hazard (standing 3%, rank #9 of 343). Crime severity uses the Statistics Canada police-service CSI mapped to Nanaimo, British Columbia, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, municipal (table 35100063), not a regional proxy.
Drinking-water hardness on the water atlas reads 127 mg/L as CaCO₃ for Nanaimo. Compare that figure to the hardness pillar on the chart and to the national hardness guide on the hub.
